Summary of the Introduced Bill

HB 1826 -- Impersonating a Minor

Sponsor:  Komo

This bill creates the crime of impersonating a minor or someone
else when an adult older than 18 years of age knowingly pretends
to be a person younger than 18 years of age or someone other than
whom they are for the purpose of communicating with a person
younger than 18 years of age on the Internet or any other
telecommunications or electronic device.  The provisions of the
bill do not apply to any on-duty local, state, or federal law
enforcement officer investigating a crime or any person or
volunteer working with law enforcement in the investigation.
Impersonating a minor or someone else will be a class A
misdemeanor.

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Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
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